TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
lann1, f. (gs. lainne, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Thin plate, lamina. ~a óir, gold panels. ~a scéithe, lúirí, shield-, armour-, plates. 2. (Of fish) Scale. 3. Blade. (a) ~ duille, leaf blade. (b) ~ liáin, sáibh, blade of propeller, of saw. (c) ~ claímh, scine, blade of sword, of knife. ~ chruach, steel blade. (d) Edged weapon. Treise ~, force of arms. Ag leadradh le ~a líofa, smiting with sharp swords. S.a. deabhaidh1.
lann2, f. (gs. lainne, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Lit: 1. Land, ground, site. 2. Building, house; church.
lann3 = lannaigh1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
3. ~t ó lann, ó scian, to grind a blade, a knife.
Lann a bhearnú, to notch a blade.
Lann a chorcrú, to stain a blade with blood.
Lann, léine, slat, chruach, steel blade, vest, rod.
Dul i n~ lainne le duine, to cross swords with s.o.
Riamh nár dhruid ó spairn lann, who never shirked the clash of swords.
~ a chur, a thabhairt, ar lann, to temper a blade.
~ lainne, the sharpening of a blade.
~ lann, brightness of blades.
~ agus lúcháir, eagerness and delight.
~ áthais, ecstasy of delight.
~ lainne, sword-stroke, sword-wound.
Lann ~, polished, sharp, blade.
Lann ~, bare, unsheathed, blade.
Lann mhantach, chipped blade.
Lann a mhaolú, to blunt a blade.
~ lainne, grinding, sharpening, of blade.
~ sé an lann ann, he stuck the blade in him.
Lann a shlíobadh, to burnish a blade.